Ridecamp: Re: [RC] show endurance

> I also spent time explaining to my charge and any one else who would
> listen why they needed to have water at the trailers. They all thought I
> was crazy when I suggested they carry water from the trough to the
> trailer area. I am sure they wanted to commit me to the insane asylum
> when I did carry 2 - 5 gallon buckets to our trailer.

I recently took one of our horses down to our county fair horse show, and
yep, I was the only one I could see who had a water bucket by the trailer.
 We only showed in 3 classes, they were all in the morning, and it wasn't
overly hot--but sure enough, when we came back from the third class, Tudor
greedily sucked down about 2/3 of a bucket of water.  (Being a
well-prepared endurance rider, I had brought a 5-gallon jug of water from
home with me, precisely for filling the water bucket...  <g>)  It's a
shame that so many show folks don't realize that a horse needs water, even
if all he does is stand there in the parking lot and go around the ring a
few times...  <sigh>

Heidi



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